Common use of The Interview Clause in Contracts

The Interview. You will find all sorts of people working within your placement company. They do many different kinds of jobs, not all of which may seem interesting to you. Try to find some people doing jobs that you think are interesting. Consult your placement supervisor regarding who among your choices would be best to interview and then SELECT TWO. Next, politely ask the people you have chosen if you might ask them a few questions for your interview. What is the purpose of this interview? You want to find out if someone enjoys his/her work and why. But, how do you conduct an interview? • Prepare your questions ahead of time. • Take the time to make notes of the answers. • Ask a follow-up question if you receive an incomplete or unclear answer. • Politely thank your interviewee for taking time from their busy day to speak with you. Take a look at the interview questions on the following pages. Ask these questions but also come up with THREE QUESTIONS of your own. Write down the answers in the spaces following the questions. You can do this first on separate scratch paper and then, at the end of the day, you can write them out neatly in this logbook. (First introduce yourself, of course.) Name of the person you are interviewing/have interviewed: …………………………………………………………………………………. Job:…………………………………………………………………………………………………. Questions: Answers: What sort of work do you do? Why did you decide to go into this ………………………………………………………. ………………………………………………………. ………………………………………………………. line of work? ………………………………………………………. ………………………………………………………. ………………………………………………………. Which aspects of your work do you find the most interesting? ………………………………………………………. ………………………………………………………. ………………………………………………………. What are some of the less appealing aspects of your job? ……………………………………………………….. ……………………………………………………….. ………………………………………………………. Do you think your work is • Difficult? ………………………………………………………. • Tiring? • Varied enough? ………………………………………………………. ………………………………………………………. How many hours per week are you …………………………………………………….. scheduled to work? Do you sometimes/frequently put in overtime? …………………………………………………….. Are there opportunities for further …………………………………………………….. advancement within this company ? ……………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………. What sort of education or training is …………………………………………………… necessary for your position? How long did this study take ? ……………………………………………………. …………………………………………………… Do you think that you are well-paid for …………………………………………………… your work? …………………………………………………… …………………………………………………… Are you satisfied with the CAO? ……………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………. Are you a member of any trade or ……………………………………………………… professional union? ………………………………………………………. Does the company/organization show affirmative action/ have a clear policy with regards to -Equal Employment Opportunity? -Positive Discrimination? In what way? …………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………… Space for your own questions: ………………………………………….. ……………………………………………………….. ………………………………………….. ……………………………………………………….. ………………………………………….. ………………………………………………………..

The Interview. You will find all sorts of people working within your placement company. They do many different kinds of jobs, not all of which may seem interesting to you. Try to find some people doing jobs that you think are interesting. Consult your placement supervisor regarding who among your choices would be best to interview and then SELECT TWO. Next, politely ask the people you have chosen if you might ask them a few questions for your interview. What is the purpose of this interview? You want to find out if someone enjoys his/her work and why. But, how do you conduct an interview? • Prepare your questions ahead of time. • Take the time to make notes of the answers. • Ask a follow-up question if you receive an incomplete or unclear answer. • Politely thank your interviewee for taking time from their busy day to speak with you. Take a look at the interview questions on the following pages. Ask these questions but also come up with THREE QUESTIONS of your own. Write down the answers in the spaces following the questions. You can do this first on separate scratch paper and then, at the end of the day, you can write them out neatly in this logbook. (First introduce yourself, of course.) Name of the person you are interviewing/have interviewed: …………………………………………………………………………………. Job:…………………………………………………………………………………………………. Questions: Answers: What sort of work do you do? Why did you decide to go into this ………………………………………………………. ………………………………………………………. ………………………………………………………. Why did you decide to go into this line of work? ………………………………………………………. ………………………………………………………. ………………………………………………………. Which aspects of your work do you find the most interesting? ………………………………………………………. ………………………………………………………. ………………………………………………………. What are some of the less appealing aspects of your job? ……………………………………………………….. ……………………………………………………….. ………………………………………………………. Do you think your work is • Difficult? ………………………………………………………. • Tiring? • Varied enough? ………………………………………………………. ………………………………………………………. How many hours per week are you …………………………………………………….. scheduled to work? Do you sometimes/frequently put in overtime? …………………………………………………….. Are there opportunities for further …………………………………………………….. advancement within this company ? ……………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………. What sort of education or training is …………………………………………………… necessary for your position? How long did this study take ? ……………………………………………………. …………………………………………………… Do you think that you are well-paid for …………………………………………………… your work? …………………………………………………… …………………………………………………… Are you satisfied with the CAO? ……………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………. Are you a member of any trade or ……………………………………………………… professional union? ………………………………………………………. Does the company/organization show affirmative action/ have a clear policy with regards to -Equal Employment Opportunity? -Positive Discrimination? In what way? …………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………… Space for your own questions: ………………………………………….. ……………………………………………………….. ………………………………………….. ……………………………………………………….. ………………………………………….. ………………………………………………………..